What's It Like Being a Open Source Maintainer Anyway? - Brendan Forster

Open Source seems to be the way of the future for most software development, but what does it actually look like day to day for those people who are helping to shepherd projects both big and small.

In this talk, I will walk through my experiences - the ups and downs - of being involved with a number of open source projects over the previous few years - as a maintainer, advisor and keen observer. I will share what things I've seen succeed on projects, what things need to be addressed, and share some thoughts on what the future hold for creating sustainable projects might look like.

Bio

Brendan is a Senior Engineer at GitHub, focusing on all things Git and Windows. He also contributes to a few open source projects, such as ReactiveUI, Reactive Extensions for .NET, libgit2sharp, Octokit.net and up-for-grabs.

About the speaker

Brendan is a Senior Engineer at GitHub, focusing on all things Git and Windows. He also contributes to a few open source projects, such as ReactiveUI, Reactive Extensions for .NET, libgit2sharp, Octokit.net and up-for-grabs.